| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 145 with CNG & NGSA | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: The Geoffrey Cope Collection of British Coins. Charles I 'Fine Work' Shillings of the Tower Mint. AR Proof Shilling (32mm, 5.79 g, 2h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume / rosette. Dies by T. Rawlins. Dated 1644. Crowned bust left; XII (mark of value) to right; tiny R on truncation, lozenge stops / RELIG : PROT/ LEG :· ANG :/ LIBER : PAR/ · 1644 ·/ · OX · (lozenge stops); three plumes flanked by two small rosette above. Brooke, English Coins pl. XLIX, no. 2 - same dies; Morrieson, Oxford E-6; Brooker 945A (this coin); North 2456; SCBC 2979. Struck on a perfectly round flan from carefully engraved dies. Some light adjustment marks. Good VF. An artistic and impressive rarity of the Shilling series in unparalleled condition. Ex J.G. Brooker Collection; E.C. Carter Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin, 1950); C.A Watters (Glendining, 21 May 1917), lot 407; J.G. Murdoch (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 8 June 1903), lot 312 ('pattern'); H, Montagu (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 November 1896), lot 531; W. Brice (purchased en bloc by H. Montagu, 1887); J. B. Bergne (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 May 1873), lot 739; R.M. Murchinson (Sotheby, 27 June 1894), lot 278; Miss Frances Mary Richardson Currer (S. Leigh Sotheby & John Wilkinson, 11 August 1862), lot 93. This coin exhibited, Coins, Crown & Conflict, American Numismatic Association, Money Museum, 2007. Estimate: 5000 CHF |  |
